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Friday, June 11, 2010

The Mundial Begins!

In case you've been living under a roca, newsflash: The World Cup, or Mundial, begins today!

Now, I gotta admit that I'm really not a soccer person. I don't play very gracefully (I blame Mom and Dad for never signing me up for a team against my will when I was five years old), and I've never followed professional teams in my life. Needless to say, I don't exactly fit in in Latin America, where fútbol is religion.

However, I have learned a few important soccer tenets from the kids here:

1. I should hate Mexico's team.
2. I should think Cristiano Ronaldo is hot.
3. And I should know all the words to K'naan and Shakira's World Cup songs -- which I do (Waka waka!).

I'm good to go!

Now, with the arrival of the World Cup, let me also introduce to the newest member of our house:

THAT'S RIGHT. We have a TV! Gracias a Celeste begging and pleading for us, the NPH house is letting the volunteers borrow a TV to watch all the games from the comfort of our own couch (at absurdly early hours of the day...like 5 a.m.)!